adjective
- Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions.
- usage: "abrupt prose"
- synonyms: disconnected
- Exceedingly sudden and unexpected.
- usage: "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"
- Extremely steep.
- usage: "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
- synonyms: precipitous, sharp
- Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner.
- usage: "an abrupt reply"
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